The latest addition to the list: He’s a diligent Shakespeare enthusiast.

“I read and reread many of Shakespeare’s plays as a young man, and I have watched some of his plays, such as Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear and Hamlet,” Mr. Wen said Sunday while visiting William Shakespeare’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon during a trip to the U.K., according to a copy of his remarks. “His works were not to be read only once or even ten times. They must be read up to a hundred times to be fully understood.”